Frankfurt

Hallo, Frieda!

The bus doesn’t leave until 09:59, so we have another easy morning except for
the long uphill cobblestone climb to the main gate of the old city. We arrive
in the Frankfurt Süd Bahnhof and have to take Straßenbahn Nr. 11. The guy in
the train station turns us around a couple of times, then with some help, we
figure out the ticket machine and get our tickets just as the streetcar arrives.
Finding Frieda’s house is fun. We find a pay phone, call her, and she meets us
at the streetcar stop.

Ah, we did it! We’re pretty much done with our tourist stuff now. The rest of
the trip we get to relax and visit people.

Laundry. Nap. Unpack. We take a walk to Hans
und Gerti’s Haus, where they feed us a delicious healthy meal (Hans lost 20 lbs. on a
Corn Flakes diet). I discover that I’m not the only one who collects kids’ knick-knacks.
They have Gummi Bear and Mekki statuettes.

Later Hans gives us a tour of Frankfurt. We see some Roman ruins, the
Dom (cathedral),
Starbucks, and climb to the top floor of a trendy young mall to get a view of the
city at night.